I talk quite a bit about taking personal responsibility in Confessions of a Good Christian Guy. This means taking 100% responsibility for our issues, our actions, and who we have become. It's not your momma's fault, your bosses fault, or your wife's fault. Blame shifting takes away our God given power to change the circumstance. If we can blame an external, we remain the same. However if we take responsibility, then we have the power to change and can create a different path that helps us achieve the results we want in our lives.
We do we shy away from responsibility? Because we feel like our whole person is at risk. In our minds we hear, "If I admit that, I'm a failure." If thats what we here, we going to do everything we can to not accept responsibility. The truth is we are not a failure, we have simply made mistakes. To be a healthy man, all of us to separate who we are from what we do. I made a mistake, great. I can learn from it, change, and not go down the same path again.
This is a key truth to change: If you want the power to change, you must accept 100% responsibility. Then create a different path, a different strategy that leads to the man you truly want to be.
